My son aged 10 needs screening for ASD but we have become disillusioned with the local CAMHS who have spent a year fiddling around losing bits of paper and muddling the whole process. And if they do diagnose, we are told the only NHS resources on offer will be a service where they tell the child it has ASD, plus depression treatment in adolescence -- oh and a parent group to advise parents on how to manage behaviour. Seems very weak to me. We don't want to go private as we want him to be diagnosed by a unit that can provide resources for the future where appropriate and is a bit more supportive. We want to go to our GP and ask to go to another clinic. Has anyone any ideas on how to couch this successfully and indeed of any clinics they would recommend, reasonably reachable from West London? Thanks folks
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Plumbuddle · 22/10/2008 12:46
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